Some suggestions for the patch (if your interested)
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 1:57 am
I have a couple of suggestions that (shouldn't) be too hard to implement, although I admit I don't know much about modding for VTMB.
As you would know, it's the atmosphere of the game that makes it, and one of the areas in the game that has the most atmosphere POTENTIAL but just dosen't quite make it is the graveyard in Hollywood.
The first time I entered it I was ****ting my pants, although it came up kinda short. The sheer volume of the zombies attacking the gate made it simply too hard to be freaky any more.
I would suggest:
a) adding a little mist on the ground so you can't quite see the zombies until they lurch to their feet.
b) a little less zombies attacking the gate, and more attacking you
c) perhaps the zombies could give a terrifying shriek when they jump on you?
d) a couple of dead "goths" lying around here and there, with some items on them to identify them as Giovanni's (which would explain why the zombies have been rising lately.) (This could activate a side quest to bring an item of some sort back to the graveyard after visiting the Giovanni mansion and performing a ritual which would permanently silence the rising dead... but it would also ressurct the dead Goth's and have them rise up and attack you, screaming!)
e) When searching for Ginger Swan's, perhaps a whispering female ghost could appear out the front of the Mausoleum and float inside, guiding you to where her grave is.
f) also, perhaps the first time you enter the graveyard you could spot a Nosferatu standing on top of one of the tombs, who promptly disappears. (ie. he is watching the entrance to the Warrens.)
Hope you find these suggestions thought-provoking!
cheers,
spiderspag
As you would know, it's the atmosphere of the game that makes it, and one of the areas in the game that has the most atmosphere POTENTIAL but just dosen't quite make it is the graveyard in Hollywood.
The first time I entered it I was ****ting my pants, although it came up kinda short. The sheer volume of the zombies attacking the gate made it simply too hard to be freaky any more.
I would suggest:
a) adding a little mist on the ground so you can't quite see the zombies until they lurch to their feet.
b) a little less zombies attacking the gate, and more attacking you
c) perhaps the zombies could give a terrifying shriek when they jump on you?
d) a couple of dead "goths" lying around here and there, with some items on them to identify them as Giovanni's (which would explain why the zombies have been rising lately.) (This could activate a side quest to bring an item of some sort back to the graveyard after visiting the Giovanni mansion and performing a ritual which would permanently silence the rising dead... but it would also ressurct the dead Goth's and have them rise up and attack you, screaming!)
e) When searching for Ginger Swan's, perhaps a whispering female ghost could appear out the front of the Mausoleum and float inside, guiding you to where her grave is.
f) also, perhaps the first time you enter the graveyard you could spot a Nosferatu standing on top of one of the tombs, who promptly disappears. (ie. he is watching the entrance to the Warrens.)
Hope you find these suggestions thought-provoking!
cheers,
spiderspag
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